Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Watches in 2007
High Wind Watch 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this high wind watch at Apr 19, 2007, 1:05 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 21, 2007, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2007, 1:05 PM MDT (19:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2007, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2007, 1:38 PM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KMAF 191905 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 205 PM CDT THU APR 19 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH NEW MEXICO SATURDAY. STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AS THE SYSTEM PASSES. NMZ027-TXZ258-200930- /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.A.0013.070421T1800Z-070422T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 105 PM MDT THU APR 19 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. LOOK FOR SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH... WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH POSSIBLE. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KMAF 200922 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 422 AM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NEW MEXICO ON SATURDAY WILL BRING INCREASING WINDS TO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... PARTICULARLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN U.S. PLAINS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...ALLOWING WIND SPEEDS TO GRADUALLY DECREASE. NMZ027-TXZ258-202030- /O.CON.KMAF.HW.A.0013.070421T1800Z-070422T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 322 AM MDT FRI APR 20 2007 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. LOOK FOR SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH... WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS74 KMAF 201938 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 238 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO ON SATURDAY BRINGING HIGH WINDS TO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED HIGH WIND CRITERIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ALLOWING WIND SPEEDS TO GRADUALLY DECREASE. NMZ027-TXZ258-211000- /O.UPG.KMAF.HW.A.0013.070421T1800Z-070422T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.HW.W.0022.070421T1800Z-070422T0600Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP... PINE SPRINGS 138 PM MDT FRI APR 20 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 TO 50 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD PLAN TO AVOID TRAVEL ON U.S. 62/180 THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2:44 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 48 hr | |
| Apr 19, 2:44 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 18 hr | |
| Apr 19, 1:20 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 15 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2007High Wind Watches in Texas, 2007Every high wind watch in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.